Improvement in fence-wire fasteners



R. W. HARGRAVE. .Fence-Wire Fastener.

No. 204,818. Patented .luhe11,1878.

l-test. Inventor UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIGE,

RICHARD IV. HARGRAVE, OF MARSHALLTOWN, IO\VA.

IMPROVEMENT IN FENCE-WIRE FASTENERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 204,8] S, dated June1l, 1878; application tiled March 29, 1878.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, RICHARD WV. HARGRAVE, ot Marshalltown, Marshallcounty, Iowa, have invented an Improvement in Wire-Fasteners, of whichthe following is a specilication:

Thisinventionrelatesto the manner of fastening fencing or other wire toposts, either wood or iron, and to other objects; also, to splicing orjoining wire,

Said invention consists of a small iron or steel plate, A, two and onehalf inches in length, and three-quarters to one inch wide, andone-eighth of an inch in thickness, with a slot, B, one-fourth of aninch wide, passing or cntt'in g through the loop C for receiving akey orfastener, E, and is operated by placing the wire or wires in the slot Band inserting the key E into the loop C, passing under or behind theloop C and over the wire or Wires, kinking it so as to prevent slippingor yielding, as will more fully appear by reference to the drawingthereof hereto annexed.

The fastener is attached to the post or other object by nails, screws,or rivets.

In the annexed drawing, A represents the plate or entire fastener 5 B,the slot for receiving the wire or wires; 0, the loop for receiving thekey E for tightening the Wire or wires; D, the holes through the plate Afor attaching the fastener to the post or other object; and E representskey, a fencing-nail used to tighten the wire, and F the Wire or wires.

What I claim as my invention, and upon which I desire to obtain LettersPatent of the United States, isp The perforated loop and slotted plateA, jointly with the key E, as and for the purpose specified.

RICHARD W. HARGRAVE.

Witnesses DELos ARNOLD, S. R. MOLERAN.

